Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated society and is already impacting the job market, leading to some critically important resume details to address before screening tools used by a majority of businesses advance to fully automated hiring decisions.
AI image-generating programs and chatbots have brought algorithmic computing capabilities to laymen signaling the need to adapt. While the introduction of that technology may be the first direct exposure for some, a 2019 study determined that 99 percent of Fortune 500 companies and roughly 83 percent of all businesses were using some form of AI filter to narrow down job applicants.
Writing for the Daily Mail, radio host Kim Komando highlighted that study as she cut to chase how human resources’ use of AI “means your resume must first get past automated scanning and filtering before it even reaches a person’s inbox.”
Three out of four resumes were never even viewed by a person, prompting the tech writer to offer up some pointers that included key details like using the correct file type, avoiding “creative” fonts and maintaining a “clean, simple layout.”
“Some candidates try to trick the AI by stuffing their resumes with keywords. The AI is trained to throw these resumes away,” Komando wrote as she suggested narrowing keyword usage down to two or three per previous position. Failure to include any could be just as problematic as she warned, “Not having keywords from the job description in your resume will give it low matching scores. Be sure to use words in the ad for the open position in your resume, but not too many…”
In the past, creativity would often be a way to stand out in crowded job markets, but AI hasn’t yet learned to process humor or art. Therefore, the tech expert warned, “AI isn’t the greatest with sarcasm or flowery language. They’ve been designed to look for specific keywords and precise information.”
Komando also decried infographics. “Resume-scanning AI systems process text. If you list your critical skills and qualifications in an image, it will probably be ignored.”
Of course, as quickly as AI is advancing, these pointers may soon be outdated as well as survey results presented by Resume Builder in early June revealed that 43 percent of companies already have plans in place seeking to institute AI interviews by 2024 with two-thirds of those believing it will make the hiring process more efficient.
A mere 32 percent said they had no plans to begin utilizing AI for interviews with some noting “low turnover” and others pointing out “There are too many unknown outcomes and risks.”
Those unknowns have been the concern of many from all walks of life, including industry leaders like billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk who had signed a letter seeking a temporary pause on the development of AI systems, and spiritual leaders like Pastor Jesse Bradley of Auburn, Washington who warned, “In the wrong hands, AI can take away freedoms and undermine community and human dignity.”
“Humanity is fundamentally different than AI,” emphasized Jason Thacker, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention’s chair of research in technology ethics and research institute director, “as we are someone versus something…”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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